No one should be hiding behind anyone. I think the trans women who pass and live quiet, "stealth" lives always have and will continue to blend in. The don't think the "real" trans people, the people with classic early-onset transsexualism, are the ones that anyone sees. The trans people that we're all seeing are something else; they're people who've creeped into transsexual space and claimed it for themselves. I'm not saying anyone but transsexuals should be concerned with that, but I and many transsexual people resent them being in our spaces and claiming our healthcare and our experiences for themselves, not too dissimilarly from how natal women feel about transwomen. But actual "stealth" trans women who grew up with and have always lived with early onset transsexualism or HSTS aren't the ones trying to claim women's bodies and spaces for ourselves; we know full well we aren't biologically female, our sex isn't the same, and that our perceptions are just our perceptions. We're not the ones pushing for all of these laws to protect trans access; the older laws, such as being able to change birth certificates and licenses and such were intended to help us blend in as normal people.

This speaks to concerns that only actual trans women have about there needing to be some distinction between us and these people who claim to be us. If it were up to us, we wouldn't be trans, we wouldn't be called transsexual or transgender. We generally hate being what we are as it is, now compounded by the fact that we're being included with AGP people and non-classic transsexuals people, especially the pervs, creeps and predators who attack and harass us, too. Again, I'm not implying that anyone needs to care about this, I'm just trying to give context from a transsexual woman's or homosexual (in the classic Blanchard sense) transsexual person's point of view. I'd really like to get rid of this transgender rights movement, I see it doing loads more harm than good. Self ID is wrong.

And speaking from my own perspective, I would never do anything that outed my history as a transsexual person or implied I might be trans. Not only am I ashamed of and embarrassed by my condition, but for my own safety and peace of mind, I wouldn't do anything to reveal that part of me. The only reason I'm speaking on here and in truscum and GC circles trying to get people together is not only because I empathize with natal women and not want them to get hurt, but I cannot sit back and watch children get hurt. I grew up always wanting to have children and seeing myself as a mother, and also having been abused as a child myself it enrages me to see people take advantage of and hurt children. I'll out myself if it means it saves another human being, especially children.

Thanks for attending my TED talk. But seriously, I don't mean to soapbox nor be all "woe is me, help me" here, I just want to give a bit of context from at least one transsexual woman's/natal man who presents as a woman's perspective and why I'm here and why this all means so much to me.